UHI Argyll Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 14 February 2023
Back to Helensburgh and Lomond Area Community Planning Group — 14 February 2023 and its agenda
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The college has had a busy start to semester 2, with 20 students joining our new Gardening and Horticulture NPA. They will be developing their practical skills at Hermitage Park every Thursday. We are also starting to promote and run some networked leisure courses, Gaelic has been particularly popular; the first class starts on Tuesday 31 January. Most of our January start courses are free this year, to help students with the increased cost of living. Other new courses for January include: Access to Further Education Access to Care Technology Enabled Care PDA Modern Social Media Skills ESOL Level 4 and Level 5 Intensive Revision Courses for Nat 5 Math and Nat 5 English* The centre has seen more students returning to the classroom this academic year, which is encouraging. The college is keen to see more students returning to their local centres, where centre staff are better placed to provide pastoral support to them throughout their studies. We are currently providing free snacks and hot drinks to students in the centre to help with the cost of living, as well as the centre being a warm and comfortable space for them to work. The Helensburgh centre has recently installed a defibrillator unit for public use. We will be hosting a St John Scotland training session on Wednesday 15th February @ 11am which is open to anyone who would like to know how to use the defibrillator. If you would like to come along, please email ACHelensburgh@UHI.ac.uk or call 01631 559538. We are continuing to work closely with Hermitage Academy and ran several half day events in December at the centre which pupils were invited to attend, introducing them to the college and our courses. We recently attended Hermitage Academy’s Careers and Pathways Evening; we met some of our current school students and provided pupils and parents with information on the courses we will be delivering at Hermitage Academy next academic year as well as FE and HE course information. Our next Open Day will be Tuesday 28th March, there will be various online events and we will be open to visitors. You don’t have to wait till open day to visit the centre, we are always here to answer any questions regarding courses and funding.
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For more information on our courses please visit our website www.argyll.uhi.ac.uk or contact us by email ACHelensburgh@uhi.ac.uk or call 01631 559538. *Paid for course.